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Folding fan: O.45-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan, decorated, obverse with three figures in Heian period costume on verandas overlooking a garden with wisteria; reverse: with a spray of flowers. Guards and sticks: bamboo. Face: paper, painted, obverse: in ink and polychrome opaque watercolours with gold; reverse: in ink and gold wash on mica dressing. The fan illustrates an episode from the Genji Monogatari.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Length: 31.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century
After 1801 - Before 1900

School or Style

Tosa school, possibly.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Face composed of paper watercolours mica ink
Guards+sticks composed of bamboo

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.45-1985
Primary reference Number: 118486
Old object number: 437
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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